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22 U.S.C. § 9242 — Strategy to promote North Korean human rights
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**(a) In general** Not later than 120 days after October 25, 2018, and periodically thereafter, the Secretary of State, in coordination with other appropriate Federal departments and agencies, shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives a report that details a United States strategy to promote initiatives to enhance international awareness of and to address the human rights situation in North Korea.
**(b) Information** The report required under subsection (a) should include—
(1) a list of countries that forcibly repatriate refugees from North Korea;
(2) a list of countries where North Korean laborers work, including countries the governments of which have formal arrangements with the Government of North Korea or any person acting for or on behalf of that Government to employ North Korean workers; and
(3) a list of foreign persons that knowingly employ North Korean laborers, as described in [section 9214(g)(1)(C) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section9214/g/1/C&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(c) Strategy** The report required under subsection (a) should include—
(1) a plan to enhance bilateral and multilateral outreach, including sustained engagement with the governments of partners and allies with overseas posts to routinely demarche or brief those governments on North Korea human rights issues, including forced labor, trafficking, and repatriation of citizens of North Korea;
(2) public affairs and public diplomacy campaigns, including options to work with news organizations and media outlets to publish opinion pieces and secure public speaking opportunities for United States Government officials on issues related to the human r
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**(a) In general** Not later than 120 days after October 25, 2018, and periodically thereafter, the Secretary of State, in coordination with other appropriate Federal departments and agencies, shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives a report that details a United States strategy to promote initiatives to enhance international awareness of and to address the human rights situation in North Korea.
**(b) Information** The report required under subsection (a) should include—
(1) a list of countries that forcibly repatriate refugees from North Korea;
(2) a list of countries where North Korean laborers work, including countries the governments of which have formal arrangements with the Government of North Korea or any person acting for or on behalf of that Government to employ North Korean workers; and
(3) a list of foreign persons that knowingly employ North Korean laborers, as described in [section 9214(g)(1)(C) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section9214/g/1/C&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(c) Strategy** The report required under subsection (a) should include—
(1) a plan to enhance bilateral and multilateral outreach, including sustained engagement with the governments of partners and allies with overseas posts to routinely demarche or brief those governments on North Korea human rights issues, including forced labor, trafficking, and repatriation of citizens of North Korea;
(2) public affairs and public diplomacy campaigns, including options to work with news organizations and media outlets to publish opinion pieces and secure public speaking opportunities for United States Government officials on issues related to the human rights situation in North Korea, including forced labor, trafficking, and repatriation of citizens of North Korea; and
(3) opportunities to coordinate and collaborate with appropriate nongovernmental organizations and private sector entities to raise awareness and provide assistance to North Korean defectors throughout the world.
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**(a) Purposes** The purposes of this chapter are to combat trafficking in persons, a contemporary manifestation of slavery whose victims are predominantly women and children, to ensure just and effective punishment of traffickers, and to protect their victims.
**(b) Findings** Congress finds that:
(1) As the 21st century begins, the degrading institution of slavery continues throughout the world. Trafficking in persons is a modern form of slavery, and it is the largest manifestation of slavery today. At least 700,000 persons annually, primarily women and children, are trafficked within or across international borders. Approximately 50,000 women and children are trafficked into the United States each year.
(2) Many of these persons are trafficked into the international sex trade, often by force, fraud, or coercion. The sex industry has rapidly expanded over the past several decades. It involves sexual exploitation of persons, predominantly women and girls, involving activities related to prostitution, pornography, sex tourism, and other commercial sexual services. The low status of women in many parts of the world has contributed to a burgeoning of the trafficking industry.
(3) Trafficking in persons is not limited to the sex industry. This growing transnational crime also includes forced labor and involves significant violations of labor, public health, and human rights standards worldwide.
(4) Traffickers primarily target women and girls, who are disproportionately affected by poverty, the lack of access to education, chronic unemployment, discrimination, and the lack of economic opportunities in countries of origin. Traffickers lure women and girls into their networks through false promises of decent working conditions at relatively good pay as nannies, maids, d
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**(a) Authority to sanction significant traffickers in persons**
(1) **In general** — The President may exercise the authorities set forth in [section 1702 of title 50](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section1702&num=0&edition=prelim) without regard to [section 1701 of title 50](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section1701&num=0&edition=prelim), or [section 10102 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section10102&num=0&edition=prelim), in the case of any of the following persons:
(A) Any foreign person that plays a significant role in a severe form of trafficking in persons, directly or indirectly in the United States.
(B) Foreign persons that materially assist in, or provide financial or technological support for or to, or provide goods or services in support of, activities of a significant foreign trafficker in persons identified pursuant to subparagraph (A).
(C) Foreign persons that are owned, controlled, or directed by, or acting for or on behalf of, a significant foreign trafficker identified pursuant to subparagraph (A).
(D) Officials of a foreign government who participate in, facilitate, or condone severe forms of trafficking in persons for significant financial gain.
(2) **Penalties** — The penalties set forth in [section 1705 of title 50](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section1705&num=0&edition=prelim) apply to violations of any license, order, or regulation issued under this section.
**(b) Report to Congress on identification and sanctioning of significant traffickers in persons**
(1) **In general** — Upon exercising the authority of subsection (a), the President shall report to the approp
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TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
§ 9243
(c) Exception
(1) In general
A person may not be designated under sub-
section (a) if the President certifies to the ap-
propriate congressional committees that the
President has received reliable assurances
from such person that—
(A) the employment of North Korean la-
borers does not result in the direct or indi-
rect transfer of convertible currency, luxury
goods, or other stores of value to the Gov-
ernment of North Korea;
(B) all wages and benefits are provided di-
rectly to the laborers, and are held, as appli-
cable, in accounts within the jurisdiction in
which they reside in locally denominated
currency; and
(C) the laborers are subject to working
conditions consistent with international
standards.
(2) Recertification
Not later than 180 days after the date on
which the President transmits to the appro-
priate congressional committees an initial
certification under paragraph (1), and every
180 days thereafter, the President shall—
(A) transmit a recertification stating that
the conditions described in such paragraph
continue to be met; or
(B) if such recertification cannot be trans-
mitted, impose the sanctions described in
subsection (b) beginning on the date on
which the President determines that such
recertification cannot be transmitted.
(Pub. L. 114–122, title III, § 302B, as added Pub. L.
115–44, title III, § 321(b)(1), Aug. 2, 2017, 131 Stat.
952.)
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The International Emergency Economic Powers Act,
referred to in subsec. (b)(2), is title II of Pub. L. 95–223,
Dec. 28, 1977, 91 Stat. 1626, which is classified generally
to chapter 35 (§ 1701 et seq.) of Title 50, War and Na-
tional Defense. For complete classification of this Act
to the
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